French drama – LA VÉRITÉ/TRUTH – issued on DVD and Blu Ray

LA VÉRITÉ/TRUTH (15) 2019 FRANCE KOREEDA, HIROKAZU
DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY £19.99
After her mother, celebrated actress Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve ), publishes her memoirs, Lumir (Juliette Binoche) travels to Paris to visit her.

Back in her childhood home, Lumir’s reunion with her mother leads to confrontations about the past and harsh truths are revealed.

 

In French with English subtitles

FRENCH LANGUAGE NOTES TO LA VERITE-TRUTH

ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOTES TO LA VERITE-TRUTH

DVD available to buy from-

http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/french-dvds

 

Hirokazu Koreeda’s – MABOROSI – MABOROSI – out on Blu Ray

MABOROSI (12) JAPAN 1995 KOREEDA, HIROKAZU BLU RAY £17.99
The award winning debut fiction feature by director Hirokazu Koreeda

Yumiko is troubled by the notion that she brings death to people close to her. Following the loss of her grandmother and husband, she remarries and begins to find happiness anew. But on a return to her old home for her brother’s wedding, a flood of troubling memories begins to haunt her.

The debut fiction feature from the Palme d’Or-winning director of Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda, Maborosi is an exquisite meditation on uncertainty and coming to terms with the past, which garnered awards at the Venice Film Festival and brought both the director and cinematographer Masao Nakabori to international stardom.

“Quietly devastating…profoundly moving” Time Out

“An essential work of modern Japanese cinema” Village

EXTRAS

Birthplace (2003, 30 mins): Makiko Esumi takes the viewer on a tour of the locations of Maborosi in this short film featuring behind-the-scenes stills and onset footage

Audio commentary by filmmaker and writer Jasper Sharp (2019)

Re-issue trailer (2019): produced for the BFI’s 2019 re-release of Maborosi

Flesh and Blood Trailer (2019): trailer specially produced for the BFI Southbank retrospective of the cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda

In Japanese with English subtitles

Available to buy at
http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/japanese-films-on-dvd

Japanese movie -SHOPLIFTERS – out on dvd

SHOPLIFTERS (15) JAPAN 2018 KOREEDA, HIROKAZU £19.99
Osamu Shibata is head of a poor Japanese family which survives by committing petty crimes. One day the family stumbles on a young homeless girl. Taking pity on her they take her home, training her in the ways of shoplifting. Is Osamu doing a good thing fulfilling the function a caring state should provide, or has he taken the girl like all the other items he steals?

In Japanese with English subtitles

Guardian Film Review –

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/21/shoplifters-review-hirokazu-kore-eda

 

DVD available to buy at
http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/japanese-films-on-dvd

Hirokazu Koreeda’s – FAMILY VALUES COLLECTION – released on Blu Ray

FAMILY VALUES: THREE FILMS BY HIROKAZU KOREEDA (PG) 206 JAPAN BLU RAY ONLY £45.99
Contains – I Wish (2011), Like Father, Like Son’ (2013) and After the Storm (2016).

I WISH (2011)
Two brothers in different towns are torn apart by their parents’ divorce and dream of reuniting their family. A new train line will soon link the two towns, is this also the time for the brother to re-unite.

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (2013)
Hard-working businessman Ryota who has a loving wife and a six-year-old son, but finds his life turned upside down when he finds out that his son was actually accidentally switched at birth with another baby.

AFTER THE STORM (2016)
Former writer and now private detective, Shinoda Ryota, is addicted to gambling and his life is spiralling out of control. However when a storm traps him in his mother’s house with his ex-wife and son, Shinoda is given an unexpected second chance to reconnect with his family

Special Features

Interactive Menus

Bonus Footage

Trailers

Interviews: Hirokazu Koreeda (Director)

Making Of Documentary

Other Documentary: ‘What Would Your Wish Be?’

In Japanese with English subtitles

DVD available to buy at
http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/japanese-films-on-dvd

Japanese movie – AFTER THE STORM – released on DVD and Blu Ray

AFTER THE STORM (PG) 2016 JAPAN KOREEDA , HIROKAZU DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
Former writer and now private detective, Shinoda Ryota, is addicted to gambling and his life is spiralling out of control. However when a storm traps him in his mother’s house with his ex-wife and son, Shinoda is given an unexpected second chance to reconnect with his family

In Japanese with English subtitles

DVD available to buy at
http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/japanese-films-on-dvd

 

Japanese Drama -OUR LITTLE SISTER – out on dvd

OUR LITTLE SISTER (PG) 2015 JAPAN KOREEDA, HIROKAZU DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
Three sisters live together in the quiet coastal town of Kamakura, however idyllic peace is shattered when there mother return after a long absence.

In Japanese with English subtitles.

DVD available to buy at
–http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/japanese-films-on-dvd

 

Well received Japanese film – I WISH – finally gets UK dvd release

I WISH (PG) 2011    JAPAN  KOREEDA, HIROKAZU        £15.99
Two brothers torn apart by their parents’ divorce and living in separate towns dream of reuniting their family. Hearing that a new train line will soon link the two towns, Koichi (Koki Maeda) convinces himself that at the precise moment of both trains passing each other at top speed, his wish will come true. With the help of his friends and brother Ryunosuke (Ohshirô Maeda), Koichi sets out to realise his dream of uniting the family once more.

In Japanese with English subtitles

Guardian review – http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/07/i-wish-review
DVD available to buy at – http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/japanese-films-on-dvd